Why Read the Classics? by Calvino, Italo - 1999

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N.Y., Pantheon, 1999.. Hard Cover. x, 278 pages, 25 cm. Thirty-six literary essays on a range of authors from Ovid and Ariosto to Montale, Borges, and Hemingway. Stock #28,400. VG/ dj vg.

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U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1999. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. First edition.Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Pantheon, 1999-08-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Pantheon, 1999. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Compendium of Calvino's essays on on the Western cannon. Near Fine with mild shelf wear.

Pantheon (1999). Hardcover with DJ. x + 278 pp. Index. Book and DJ in like new condition. Only very light shelf wear. Ships immediately.

Pantheon, 1999-08-24. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear.

New York City, NY: Pantheon, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Pantheon, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 278 pages. Retrospective collection of the author's literary essays. One of the greatest books of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published posthumously, Italo Calvino had been planning the book himself before his sudden death in 1985. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Italo Calvino's "Why Read The Classics?" in a felicitous English translation. His literary criticism in its late, and most acute, stage. It is quite a high-wire act: The ultimate "post-modernist" writer defends the enduring importance of the Western Classical canon. "Why read Italo Calvino's book on the classics? Because it passes his own test for what a classic is and its brisk prose can… Read More

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